Quality Challenges Of Public Health Information System

Quality Challenges of Public Health information system in Indian Rural Healthcare sector for monitoring and evaluation– the case study from rural India Mohd Vaseem Ismail Mr. Sakhi john Abstract National Rural Health Mission (NRHM establishesed for improve healthcare delivery by making architectural corrections in existing public health systems , A health management information system is an essential management tool to achieve these goals- to be able to monitor how far we have travelled, and where the gaps are, To ensure that there is a continuous flow of good quality disaggregated data on health of populations and health care services to assist in local planning , programme implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation. NRHM†¦show more content†¦Keyword Health Information , Data Quality, Registers , Indicators National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)- Improve healthcare delivery by making architectural corrections in existing public health systems , NRHM main objectives is to improve health status of the people, Ensure universal access to quality health care services, Increase public expenditure on health, Reduce health inequities and ensure greater accountability and responsiveness, Ensure decentralization and district level planning and management of health programmes , Ensure community participation in planning and management , Ensure all public health facilities attain Indian Public Health Standards- in terms of services delivered, human resource deployed , infrastructure, equipment and supplies, Induct multi-disciplinary skills into district health systems- management skills, financial skills, IT and data analysis skills, epidemiological skills etc. A health management information system is an essential management tool to achieve these goals- to be able to monitor how far we have trav elled, and where the gaps are, To ensure that there is a continuous flow of good quality disaggregated data on health of populations and health care services to assist in local planning , programme implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation. The state of Bihar has an area of 94,163 sq km and a population of 82.9 million, there are 9 divisions , 38 districts , 101